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Kitaiwi, Sudan
As already mentioned, Florence Amherst They lived in the Western desert around
got in spring 1895 two "Slughis" from Shami 1800."
type from the Tahawi Bedouins, La'aman
(Luman) and Ayesha. The Tahawis around 1830 were resettled by
the Turks in the Nile Delta, that had not
The Tahawi are an Egyptian branch of the long been established yet, before Florence
great Anazah tribe, originally from Najd in Amherst there met the sighthounds.
Central Arabia and are famous for their
"Syrian style" Salukis and horses. Certainly Yasser Ghanim writes:
they were strongly influenced by the "Lady Amherst was confused because we had
exchange with the Hijaz tribe, especially on strong connections with Anazah during the
the other side of the Suez Canal [16]. 19th century after participating in
Mohammed Ali campaigns in Syria.
Yasser Ghanim writes about the history of
the origin of the Tahawi: "We trace to Banu The first picture for dog in history was taken
Sulaym who migrated from Arabia to Egypt with us in Salhia desert East of Egypt and
then to North Africa in a famous historical published in Brian Duggan's book.… from
story around 1000 years ago. A subtribe of Mohammed Ali on the Eastern borders of the
Sulaym returned back to Egypt around 300 Delta
years ago. Our Arabian horses are mostly from Anazah.
